mianjo
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Does it mean they may not be fully committed to Constantini as an OA?
A lot of right defense. Matier, Constantini, Gill-Shane, Ewels, Mews. I'd say Gill-Shane traded more likely than Sawyer.
Yeah I know kind of shocked by this. Almost need to have your two first rounders on roster so changes are coming. I agree Ewles likely out of the mix. Also agree Sawyer might be on the outs.Wow. Two D-Men!
Looking at a team like Hamilton I can see a deal.Yeah I know kind of shocked by this. Almost need to have your two first rounders on roster so changes are coming. I agree Ewles likely out of the mix. Also agree Sawyer might be on the outs.
So next year Matier/Mayich
Costantini/Smyth
Gill-Shane/Sirman
Mews/Marelli
Cameron is on record saying he likes to keep 8 D. Between injuries, world championship...Matier?? they'll be able to briing the kids on slowly. Year after problem is solved
Gill-Shane/Sirman
Mews/Smyth
Mayich/Marelli
Anyway defense looks good for a while! Still would have liked a center early though. Agree with Beast there's a plan for a Euro impact guy.
Looks pretty accurate! I only disagree that Mews will get regular time at forward. You don't pick a guy 7th overall to play out of position. He'll get his minutes (maybe limited at first on D) imo. Unless they picked him with the conviction of turning him a full time forward and pp quarterback ?? Never know!OK….I will take a stab at it….
Pinelli - Rohrer - Boucher
Stonehouse - OA TRADE - Beck
Gerrior - Tolnai(OA) - IMPORT
Foster - Barlas - Mews
Gardiner
Mayich - Matier
Sirman - GillShane
Smyth - Costantini(OA)
Marrelli
Donoso
MacKenzie
NOTES:
1> Good possibility that TJ is traded and Mews will take the 4th line RW spot and QB the PowerPlay. He’ll move into spot duty on defence. He is too green as a D-Man making the transition from forward to defence just this past year. They’ll work with him throughout the season and prepare him for defending at the OHLL Level.
2> Sawyer is traded to relieve the pressure off the numbers on the back end. I give GillShane the edge to stay based on the fact he is a Righty and a local boy.
3> The 67’s will swing for the fences in the Import Draft and if they are unable to nail down that player, they will retain Gaidamak.
4> They will add an OA Centre to play with Beck.
5> no space for Ewles, Dever and Laforme.
I don’t think they’ll make all of that happen by the start of the season but I think that is how the puzzle pieces will fit together.
Regardless, I do think one of the D-Men will play the 4th line. I think it is important to retain the depth, especially considering they are young. It gives them the flexibility. Unfortunately, it likely comes at the cost of TJ having a spot at some point when they acquire the OA Centre.
Interesting I am not sure of the OA Center, though.OK….I will take a stab at it….
Pinelli - Rohrer - Boucher
Stonehouse - OA TRADE - Beck
Gerrior - Tolnai(OA) - IMPORT
Foster - Barlas - Mews
Gardiner
Mayich - Matier
Sirman - GillShane
Smyth - Costantini(OA)
Marrelli
Donoso
MacKenzie
NOTES:
1> Good possibility that TJ is traded and Mews will take the 4th line RW spot and QB the PowerPlay. He’ll move into spot duty on defence. He is too green as a D-Man making the transition from forward to defence just this past year. They’ll work with him throughout the season and prepare him for defending at the OHLL Level.
2> Sawyer is traded to relieve the pressure off the numbers on the back end. I give GillShane the edge to stay based on the fact he is a Righty and a local boy.
3> The 67’s will swing for the fences in the Import Draft and if they are unable to nail down that player, they will retain Gaidamak.
4> They will add an OA Centre to play with Beck.
5> no space for Ewles, Dever and Laforme.
I don’t think they’ll make all of that happen by the start of the season but I think that is how the puzzle pieces will fit together.
Regardless, I do think one of the D-Men will play the 4th line. I think it is important to retain the depth, especially considering they are young. It gives them the flexibility. Unfortunately, it likely comes at the cost of TJ having a spot at some point when they acquire the OA Centre.
We have an OA spot open. We won’t use that on a goalie nor a D-Man. It will be used on a forward.Interesting I am not sure of the OA Center, though.
I think with the assets we have to offer and the depth we should be able to put together a trade for an 18 or 19-year-old player
There are teams that are going to be looking for defence and goaltending next year. Also, I think that Boyd has already chosen and got a deal for his Euro player to come here. I can not see the rationale with the number of centers that were avail in the draft that he did not draft one.
Normally I would agree but Mews has ONE year of defence experience in his life. ONE. The big knock on him is his poor defensive awareness. He needs to learn how to play defence. Doing that as a 16 year old rookie in the OHLisnt ideal.Looks pretty accurate! I only disagree that Mews will get regular time at forward. You don't pick a guy 7th overall to play out of position. He'll get his minutes (maybe limited at first on D) imo. Unless they picked him with the conviction of turning him a full time forward and pp quarterback ?? Never know!
They didn’t go and draft a blue-chip skilled Dman at 7 only to move him to forward . I can almost guarantee he won’t play a shift at F . That ship has sailed . He’s a Dman and the kid will obviously make mistakes next season but by all accounts he has the high-end hockey smarts, to go with the skill, so he’ll figure it out . IMO The current D corps are as weak as we’ve seen in awhile and in drafting two D in the 1st , Boyd is addressing the greatest needNormally I would agree but Mews has ONE year of defence experience in his life. ONE. The big knock on him is his poor defensive awareness. He needs to learn how to play defence. Doing that as a 16 year old rookie in the OHLisnt ideal.
They didn’t go and draft a blue-chip skilled Dman at 7 only to move him to forward . I can almost guarantee he won’t play a shift at F . That ship has sailed . He’s a Dman and the kid will obviously make mistakes next season but by all accounts he has the high-end hockey smarts, to go with the skill, so he’ll figure it out . IMO The current D corps are as weak as we’ve seen in awhile and in drafting two D in the 1st , Boyd is addressing the greatest need
I had read Mews was a D that moved to centre for 1/2 season and chose to go back to playing D this season.Normally I would agree but Mews has ONE year of defence experience in his life. ONE. The big knock on him is his poor defensive awareness. He needs to learn how to play defence. Doing that as a 16 year old rookie in the OHLisnt ideal.
" Zero chance" is a big statement OMG. Look you're probably right he isn't ready defensively although nobody knows for sure. You never know because of his elite skating he might be better than we think. I also disagree that we can't be a contender with Mews on D. You give him sheltered minutes and come playoff time he can sit if he's not ready and let the older guys play. I suspect he might play a bit of a Ryan Ellis role in his first year as a pp specialist. Even if he only makes our pp potent on year one that's a big factor to be a contender.then next year will be a rebuilding year. There is ZERO chance this team contends for a championship with a player like Mews on the back end eating up significant minutes learning how to play defence. His MINUS numbers will be epic.
In addition, that also means he takes up a spot from a veteran D-Man.
Back in the real World, if he does play defence full time, his minutes will be significantly sheltered.
The reality is, no one on this board understands how poor his defensive zone coverage really is. You will find out soon enough. That is not a knock on the kid. Far from it. It is more jsut a matter of fact that moving back to defence was fine when you were on a super team that played most of its on ice minutes in the offensive zone but coming into the OHL and learning to play defence isn’t easy and if he does it as a 16 year old from day one, we as fans better be ready for A LOT of “learning experiences.”
If this 67’s team has a singular goal of cometing at the highest level, Mews will play primarily at Forward next year while he learns how to play defence. I should say, he would be the 7th D-Man but he would take most of his shifts at forward ont he 4th line. That would be the responsible thing to do from a development point of view while also protecting the team’s ability to achieve its highest results.
" Zero chance" is a big statement OMG. Look you're probably right he isn't ready defensively although nobody knows for sure. You never know because of his elite skating he might be better than we think. I also disagree that we can't be a contender with Mews on D. You give him sheltered minutes and come playoff time he can sit if he's not ready and let the older guys play. I suspect he might play a bit of a Ryan Ellis role in his first year as a pp specialist. Even if he only makes our pp potent on year one that's a big factor to be a contender.